CVE-2016-5959

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-06-07 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-200

Description

IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager 2.0.2 and 2.1.0 stores sensitive information in URL parameters. This may lead to information disclosure if unauthorized parties have access to the URLs via server logs, referrer header or browser history. IBM X-Force ID: 116136.

Affected products

IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager: 2.0.2, 2.1

References

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22003092
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98829
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/116136
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22003092
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98829
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/116136

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